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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chǝ̄j ( ~ -ɨ̄j)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nest
Chinese: 棲 *shǝ̄j bird's nest.
Tibetan: gze home, habitation, nest.
Comments: See notes to *dɨ[l]; from STEDT (285-288) one may add Qiang forms meaning 'nest' (Pumi sčua etc.) (?).
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